1861
April 12, 1861 - Attack on Fort Sumter
July 21, 1861 - First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
1862
September 17, 1862 - Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Late September - Emancipation Proclamation was decided on
December 11-13, 1862 - Battle of Fredricksburg
1863
January 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation enacted
April 30-May 6, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg
July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg
July 13-15, 1863 - Draft Riots
November, 1863 - Gettysburg Address
1864
June, 1864 - Start of siege of Petersburg
November-December, 1864 - Sherman's March
1865
April 9, 1865 - Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
April 14, 1865 - Lincoln's Assassination
1861
April 12, 1861 - Attack on Fort Sumter
July 21, 1861 - First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
1862
September 17, 1862 - Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Late September - Emancipation Proclamation was decided on
December 11-13, 1862 - Battle of Fredricksburg
1863
January 1, 1863 - Emancipation Proclamation enacted
April 30-May 6, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville
July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg
July 4, 1863 - Surrender of Vicksburg
July 13-15, 1863 - Draft Riots
November, 1863 - Gettysburg Address
1864
June, 1864 - Start of siege of Petersburg
November-December, 1864 - Sherman's March
1865
April 9, 1865 - Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
April 14, 1865 - Lincoln's Assassination